Java Made Easy

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import database.DBClass;
/**
 * @author Jagadeesh
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 * if you like this example please submit your comments and suggestions
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 */
public class GetStates extends HttpServlet {
   
    
    protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, 
    HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
        response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
        //creating object for database class
        DBClass dbobj = new DBClass();
        String result="";
        String action = request.getParameter(("action"));
        String selectedcountry = request.getParameter("country");
        String selectedstate = request.getParameter(("state"));
      try {
           if(action.equals("getStates"))
            {
             //calling database method getstates and pass country
             // as arguement
               String state = dbobj.getStates(selectedcountry);
              //dividing states using ","
               String states[]= state.split(",");
               for(int i=0;i<states.length;i++)
               {
                   //adding states for selectbox options
                 result+="<option value="+states[i]+">"+states[i]+"</option>";
               }
               //sending result to jsp page.what ever we are
            //inserting in out.println it will go back to browser(jsp page)
               //as response

               out.println(result);
              
            }
             if(action.equals("getDistricts"))
            {
               //calling database method getstates and pass selectedstate
               // as arguement
               String districts = dbobj.getDistricts(selectedstate);
               //dividing districts using ","
               String getdistricts[]= districts.split(",");
               for(int i=0;i<getdistricts.length;i++)
               {
                   //adding districts for selectbox options
                result+="<option value="+getdistricts[i]+">"+getdistricts[i]+"</option>";
               }
                //sending result to jsp page.what ever we are
    //inserting in out.println it will go back to browser(jsp page)
               //as response
               out.println(result);
               
            }
             
            }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            out.print(e);
        }
        finally {
            out.close();
        }
    } 
    
    @Override
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, 
    HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
        processRequest(request, response);
    } 
    
    @Override
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
    HttpServletResponse response)
    throws ServletException, IOException {
        processRequest(request, response);
    }
    
    @Override
    public String getServletInfo() {
        return "Short description";
    }// </editor-fold>

}